Friday OT - Books You Reread

[coolerifyoudid]

LOTR and Watership Down are the two that I regularly rotate.
Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant series and The Belgarion by David Eddings are also good re-reads.

Not books, but I have a pile of National Geographics that I can still read cover to cover as well.

 

[bawbie]

LOTR, GMMR, Hunger Games, Grisham, hitchhikers guide

I recently reread the two dozen Louis Lamour book I own, which was fun.

Edit: yikes, I left off Harry potter

 

[jsb]

I'm a very fast reader. So unless I want to buy new books all of the time, I have to reread them. So I reread almost everything.

The ones that I reread a lot are the entire Harry Potter series, The Smartest Men in the Room (true story about the Enron scandal, really interesting despite sounding awful), Lost Moon (the book Apollo 13 was based on), almost all election process books (Game Change books, a lot of other ones), if I just want to enjoy something, I always love rereading John Grisham.

 

[VeloClone]

I thought I was going to have to sheepishly admit that I have read LOTR over a dozen times since junior high school and The Hobbit nearly as many. I guess I'm in good company. For me it is my escape when I get depressed. As dark as parts of them are I know that sounds crazy but it is so far away from reality and no matter how dark it gets they find a way through.

 

[GrindingAway]

When I was home for the holidays hanging out with my 1 yo nephew I read this about 4.7 million times. Everytime the hippos went beserk was a complete surprise to him.

 

[Firefighter4Cy]

3 that I keep coming back to
A Prayer for Owen Meany
1984
11/22/63 Stephen King

EXCELLENT BOOK! I picked this up to read on a whim and I was not disappointed. I think I read that in a week it was so good. Couldn't put it down.

 

[CNECloneFan]

The Foundation trilogy.

 

[Firefighter4Cy]

Harry Potter series
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

I have reread this multiple times as well. Excellent book. I had forgotten about this gem. May have to pull it out and give it a read through again.

 

[ThatllDoCy]

Aside from books related to business/motivation/organization/philosophy I had never read a book twice until A Dance with Dragons of ASOIAF. Once I read a book I just don't have the motivation to keep turning pages if I know what is going to happen. ASOIAF is sufficiently complex enough where you almost need to read it twice, and I imagine The Lord of the Rings is the same.

I may re read some books after ASOIAF as since I did re read it I have been re-watching old movies I like and am finding it can be almost as good as the first watch.

 

[Angie]

Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow - Card

Lucifer's Hammer - Pournell and Niven

The Mote in God's Eye - P & N

The Legacy of Heriot - P & N

The Shining - King

Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein

Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury

and many many many children's books (at the behest of my daughters).

I forgot Fahrenheit 451 - yep, that's another that gets pulled out regularly.

 

[bellzisu]

I had to read this book again on New Years day...

 

[ThurgoodMarshal]

Conversely, one of my favorite contemporary authors is Chuck Palahniuk (wrote Fight Club, Choke, etc.). I don't ever reread his stuff, though, because I already know the twist ending.

I would agree with the exception of Rant. I absolutely love that book and rumor has it Palahniuk has written the sequel already but hasn't released it.

 

[Angie]

I would agree with the exception of Rant. I absolutely love that book and rumor has it Palahniuk has written the sequel already but hasn't released it.

I didn't know that!! I'll have to reread it and maybe see if Palahniuk has leaked in an interview anywhere when it might be released.

 

[Rabbuk]

I have a pocket tao te ching that I read when I'm bored, waiting for a meeting/appointment, in bad classes etc... probably have read it close to 100 times.

 

[ThurgoodMarshal]

In addition to Rant I'll throw in the following:
The Double Life is Twice as Good by Jonathan Ames
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, ******'s Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Cat's Cradle and also Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

 

[Angie]

I have a pocket tao te ching that I read when I'm bored, waiting for a meeting/appointment, in bad classes etc... probably have read it close to 100 times.

That reminds me of another Salinger - Nine Stories. You reminded me of it because it's a collection of short stories. It used to be perfect for a plane trip at my old job, you weren't making a huge commitment when you started one of the stories.

 

[Rabbuk]

That reminds me of another Salinger - Nine Stories. You reminded me of it because it's a collection of short stories. It used to be perfect for a plane trip at my old job, you weren't making a huge commitment when you started one of the stories.

Ya it's perfect because each "parable" in the tao te ching is about 10 lines. So you can stop reading at any time and just digest it and go about your day.

 

[Angie]

Ya it's perfect because each "parable" in the tao te ching is about 10 lines. So you can stop reading at any time and just digest it and go about your day.

I love stuff like that. It's great for just sitting and reading for a very brief amount of time, but you CAN also sit down and dedicate time to it.

 

[oldman]

I had to read this book again on New Years day...

My boss has a signed copy that he just loaned to me to read.

 

[Clonefan32]

Catcher in the Rye is the only book I've read more than once, and I think I've read it 5 times. Four years of undergrad and three years of graduate school completely ruined my desire to read any more than I already had to. However, Cather and the Rye struck a chord with me and I still will sit down and give it a read if I have some free time.